iTunes Festival celebrates September with 30 days of live concerts

The best seat'sin your house

The iTunes Festival brings 30 days of live concerts into your living room for free. Check out this year's lineup.

Since 2007, Apple's iTunes Festival has brought an entire month's worth of concerts to its users. Every night in September, fans can watch their favorite artists perform at the Roundhouse arts center in London without going across the pond, and this year's lineup proves to be one of their biggest ever.

Kicking off the festival on Sept. 1 is none other than the Momma Monster herself, Lady Gaga. Gaga is known for her fun and flashy concerts, and with the rehearsal clips she posted online this week, it seems that all us Little Monsters are going to be hearing a lot from her upcoming album, ARTPOP.

Gaga recently told the U.K. paper The Sun that she will be playing seven new songs at the festival, adding, "I've kept some back for later in the year."

There are three ways to watch the concerts — well, four if you count going to London and getting tickets. You can watch on your computer at the iTunes store, Apple TV users can watch in HD from the main page or you can download the iTunes Festival app to your phone or iPad.

Each headlining act is scheduled to perform at 9:00 p.m. London time, which translates to 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST.

If you miss it, many acts can be viewed for a limited time after the concert, and of course, iTunes will be selling some of the performances at the iTunes store.

The iTunes Festival begs the question, however: How many artists in the future will turn to online concerts rather than the grind of touring? While there is a lot to be said for the live concert, between ticket costs, parking and finding a babysitter, the free iTunes Festival is a great way to go to a concert without having to go to a concert.

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